Welcome to the First Issue of SCIWAY News

SCIWAY News is a free, concise electronic newsletter that will keep you
informed about what's happening on South Carolina's Information Highway. It
will be published twice a month and will spotlight new non-commercial South Carolina Web
sites and other noteworthy state on-line resources and services.

SCIway, pronounced "sky-way," is an acronym for

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Post and Courier, State Library Web Sites Win Awards

The South Carolina Press Association recently selected the Charleston Post and
Courier's Web site, http://www.postandcourier.com, as the best newspaper Web site
in the state. The State Library's Web site, http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/, has
received NetGuide Live's Gold Site award. NetGuide Live, a Web site produced
by the publishers of NetGuide magazine (http://www.netguide.com/ - site no longer exists) reviewed
and rated more than 50,000 websites and ranked the State Library's site in
the top 30 percent.

Web Interfaces to Library Catalogs

More than 50 South Carolina on-line library catalogs can now be accessed
through the Internet. To use most of these catalogs you must telnet to a host
computer and enter a username and password. But three state libraries now
have Web interfaces for their catalogs:

Try this new way of accessing on-line catalogs with your Web browser--you'll
like it! At least three other South Carolina libraries have recently
purchased Web interfaces for their catalogs and will be implementing this
software within the next few months.

To see which South Carolina library catalogs can be searched through the Internet, visit
SCIway Web's library section https://www.sciway.net/lib/. These
pages include Web links and automated telnet logins. However, the telnet
logins will work only if your browser has telnet plug-in software.

South Carolina Historical Society's Catalog is Unique

Most South Carolina on-line library catalogs help you find books, journals,
magazines, and similar publications. But the South Carolina Historical Society's on-line
manuscripts catalog includes only information about the historical documents
in the Society's archives. In addition copious document descriptions often
include related historical and biographical information that can't be found
anywhere else. Exploring the Society's catalog is like reading an entrancing
book about South Carolina's past.

You can access the South Carolina Historical Society's Web site and on-line catalog at
http://schistory.org/ (a new address). Both of these resources were
developed by Peter Wilkerson, the Society's archivist. Peter and the Society
are also co-developers of the history section of SCIway Web (see
https://www.sciway.net/hist/).

300+ School Web Sites

At least 319 South Carolina K12 schools and 26 school districts now have Web
pages. For a complete directory of these sites, see SCIway Web's education
section https://www.sciway.net/edu. If you know of a South
Carolina school Web site that SCIway Web doesn't link to, please complete the
"Add" form or send an e-mail message to service@sciway.net.

Upcoming Festivals, Shows, Events

Spring has come to the Palmetto State early this year. Here's some useful
information about places you can go to enjoy a special weekend. If you know
of other websites that describe upcoming South Carolina festivals, shows, and events,
please send us their addresses.

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